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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: There are usually approximately 50 people in it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: Let us talk to the Department about the inspection of these types of premises in general. Does the Department go in and check that these premises meet requirements, including the need for washing machines, etc.?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: This has also arisen in other facilities. Is there a clear correlation between the number of residents for which payment is being made and the numbers in the residence? This is an issue we should raise with representatives of the Department when they come before the committee. Is that okay?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: We will come back to that issue next week. It is agreed to note and publish item No. 2488, pending the consent of the Higher Education Authority, HEA. If the HEA does not consent to the publication of the correspondence, it is proposed to only publish the letter from UL. Is that agreed? Agreed. We will move on to category C, which is correspondence from and relating to private...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: That is what I thought.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: He seems to indicate in this letter that there is one specific NGO, but he asks about the "funding of NGOs". He did not mention a specific NGO. I think we should write back to him to ask him to clarify.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: Absolutely. That goes without saying. There are thousands of NGOs, some of which do good work. There are obviously always questions about certain things, and that is fair enough, but it is not clear in this letter. Let us move on to No. 2455, which is from Deputy Verona Murphy and is dated 13 March. She forwarded correspondence seeking certain information in relation to the school...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: Yes, that will roll over. On 16 May, we will meet with the Department of Education in relation to Vote 26. The following areas of interest have been flagged: the running costs and demand management for schools, the school building programme, school transport, the disposal of assets of religious orders, and Caranua. On 23 May we will engage with the Department of Defence in relation...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: The quartermasters will be busy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: They will obviously prepare for this. On 30 May we will meet with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board in relation to the 2022 financial statements. It is proposed that we request a representative from the Department of Health to attend this meeting. Is that agreed? Agreed. Is it agreed that we engage with the OPW in relation to Vote 13 - Office of Public Works on 13...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: Yes. Everything will move on by one week.

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: Go back to bed.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (9 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will extend the exemption for development levies for self-build (one-off) homes (details supplied). [13565/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 1433. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline, in respect of multidisciplinary meetings at St. James’s Hospital, how the oversight of the National Clinical Guidelines No. 19 August 2019 on oesophageal cancer is conducted; if any independent review is conducted; and if so, if this review is published. [14566/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 1434. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of multidisciplinary meetings at St. James’s Hospital with those deemed unfit over 70 years to undergo treatment through radiotherapy or chemotherapy how is this assessed; how this is communicated to the patient; and if protocols are in place to regulate how patients are informed they are unfit for treatment due to age, from each of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 1435. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of multidisciplinary meetings (MDMs) at S.t James’s Hospital how oversight is ensured for the application of the ethical treatment of the elderly in census decisions; if there is any independent review; and if there are any publications to demonstrate analyses of ethical treatment for the elderly by MDMs in decision making. [14568/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 1436. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of multidisciplinary meetings at St. James’s Hospital, if it is normal procedure to inform patients their cancer cannot be treated and need palliative care by letter; and what specific protocols are in place to prevent this from occurring. [14569/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 1437. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of multidisciplinary meetings (MDMs) at St. James’s Hospital and the gastrointestinal conference and a census decision on a patient, how dissenting opinions or views are acknowledged; and if patients are informed of these opinions. [14570/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 1438. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of multidisciplinary meetings at St. James’s Hospital, how the oversight is conducted of the ethical guidelines of the Medical Council; and how is this reported. [14571/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 1581. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans for the new day care centre at Abbeyleix Hospital; if the preliminary design has been completed; and what commitments there are to finance it. [15190/24]